altis ka na. mahal maintenance ng civic. 2 of my friends have civics 2001 model and another friend has corolla 2001 din. they compared notes and they noticed na mas maraming lumalabas na kalampag sa civic compared to corolla. all cars office-bahay lang with occassional out of town trips, and almost the same kilometer readings.

according to our mechanic...the underchasis for honda, not just the civic, is quite weak compared to toyota's and mitsubishi's...that's one of the factors you'd have to consider in the long run...kaya mejo maiksi lang ang life span ng honda

physical appearance - i go for altis... the design is better than civc.
riding comfort - i still go for honda... have drive honda, toyota and nissan, and honda's suspension is still the best. toyota's suspension is the worst.
service - their customer service are at par. friendly and accomodating.
spare parts - toyota is the best. cheaper and readily available.

palubog? really now....how come Honda is among the only ONE OF TWO jap car companies that is purely japanese owned.

unlike your favorite nissan, it needed a takeover from Daimler-Chrysler during the late 90's coz they were already losing money. Having a cool aircon is not the sole basis to consider a car good. But i must admit, women like cars that has good air conditioning and i agree with you that Nissan's Calsonic AC is really good.

With regards to Honda Casas, avoid those owned by the Ayala's, they are really known for bad service, with the exception of Honda Shaw.

As for the suspension, we really can't tell which one is better because it really depends on how we drive the car, if you don't slow down in going thru deep potholes masisira talaga ang suspension mo. But if ywe base the suspension on the type they used

id pick the double wishbone combo anytime! it's less noisy and is less "hard" compared to the macphersons. it is also being used by jaguars, benzes and even FORMULA 1 cars. Macphersons are gaining popularity in modern cars now because it's cheaper as compared to the wishbones.

too bad Honda used used macpherson's for their front suspension in the current civic, but the EK or 96 to 2000 civic used to have double wishbones all the way.